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ICANN's DNSSEC and Security Workshop at its 87th meeting invites industry professionals to present on DNS security, DNSSEC deployment, and routing security topics.
Verisign and ICANN report near-universal adoption of the new root zone Key Signing Key, with a final cutover scheduled for 11 October 2026. Operators are advised to verify their resolver configurations now.
Ireland’s .ie top-level domain has been officially redelegated to IE Domain Registry, ending a decades-long arrangement with University College Dublin. The move consolidates operational control under the entity that has managed the registry since 2000.
Freenom, the registry behind .tk and other ccTLDs, has relaunched domain registration services after a 2024 settlement with Meta. The company now charges for domains, abandoning its controversial free model linked to widespread abuse.
Vint Cerf, co-creator of TCP/IP, has joined Identity Digital’s Innovation Labs Advisory Board to help develop a DNS-based standard for identifying AI agents, known as DNSid.
Domain applicants have submitted 365 String Interest Reports to ICANN's Early Warning platform, covering 313 unique TLD strings with 41 overlaps, as the application deadline approaches next month.
A decade-long ICANN-backed study led by NLnet Labs and SIDN Labs tested six naming schemes for DNS root servers, revealing that DNSSEC-signed priming responses could remain within the 512-byte UDP limit without disrupting legacy resolvers.
Dish DBS has announced the launch timeline for its .dot gTLD, with sunrise starting July 21 and general availability on November 2. The registry describes the space as open to builders and creators, though pricing remains undisclosed.
GoDaddy has warned it may withdraw from India if a December 2025 court ruling requiring registrars to disclose Whois data to parties with 'legitimate interests' is not overturned. The company argues the order conflicts with privacy protections and ICANN policies.
Google Registry has accelerated the launch timeline for its .fly top-level domain, targeting general availability in November 2026 after a two-month sunrise period. The namespace, intended for airlines and travel industry use, will compete with existing TLDs like .travel and .aero.
The dotMeow Foundation, a Belgian nonprofit behind the crowdfunded .meow top-level domain (TLD), has selected CORE as its registry service provider. The project faces financial strain, NIS2 compliance requirements, and tax complexities despite ICANN fee reductions.
Namecheap has halted new registrations, renewals, transfers, and management for Handshake TLDs effective June 10, 2026, citing the shutdown of an unnamed upstream provider—five months after selling its Handshake marketplace, Namebase.
ICANN sent a breach notice to Estonian registrar TrustName.com over repeated failures to handle DNS abuse complaints properly, misleading use of ICANN's name, and missing mandatory website disclosures. The registrar has until July 1 to comply.